The following published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on July 21, 2008:
U.S. v. Kimbrough (Reavley, Benavides, Owen, JJ.; opinion by Reavley, J.) (appeal from E.D. La.). Vacating the defendants’ sentences and remanding for resentencing. Defendants pled guilty to various obstruction of justice and accessory-after-the-fact charges […]
The following published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on June 24, 2008:
Samnorwood Independent School District v. Texas Education Agency (Garwood, Garza, Benavides, JJ.; opinion by Garwood, J.). Reversing and rendering with regard to the application of a modified thirty-six-year-old desegregation order to cover two school districts […]
This past weekend, I attended the 13th Annual Tulane Law School Environmental Conference on Law, Science & the Public Interest, known in short-hand as the Tulane Environmental Law Conference. I will commence this week’s posts (and probably continue throughout the week), with the first of what will be a semi-regular feature on this blawg, […]